Horse-boot.



PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

J. D. KELLER. HORSE BOOT. APPLIOATIQN FILED JULY 8, 1002.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 5, 1904.

PATENT EErcE.

HORSE-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,792, dated April 5, 1904.

Application filed July 8, 1902. Serial No. 114,742. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,JAMEs DKELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of WVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Boots, of which the following is a specification, reference being had-therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has general reference to horseboots; and it consists in an improved construction of heel therefor adapted to prevent upward and lateral movement of the boot, in novel means for protecting the rear and lower edge of the boot, and, further, in the peculiar arrangement and combination of parts of the heel-piece and protecting member, as will be hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the boot, showing the heel-piece detached. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section showing the manner of engaging the heel-piece. Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the heel-piece engaged.

The reference-letter A represents the horseboot of any approved construction and material,which may be applied to the hoof B in the usual manner and secured thereto by a suitable strap C and buckle D or other similar devlce.

E designates my improved heel-piece, the construction of which and manner of application to the boot will be presently described.

Heretofore it has been the practice to form the boot-heel of leather or metal or some hard material that would withstand the wear to which it is necessarily subjected. Such types of heel-pieces, however, have been found very objectionable and unsatisfactory in use, as in cases where the boot by being too loose strikes the ground or where an obstruction on the ground or raised portion thereof bears against the heel-piece the latter is forced into the tender parts of the foot between the quarters, causing in some cases serious injury.

The present invention resides,essentially,in forming the heel-piece of soft cushioning material having the requisite amount of rigidity to hold the boot in place, but being sufficiently yielding so as not to injure the foot when terialsuch, for instance, as cork or felt would answer the purpose. In construction it comprises a body portion or heel proper, F, adapted to bear against the heel of the hoof,and preferably projections or extensions G and H 'at each side thereof, forming a yielding strip adapted to fit against the soft part of the foot.

The means preferably employed for securing the heel to the boot comprises a metallic strip H, attached to the lower edge of the boot, as shown, and having slots or openings a and b in its ends. Within these openings the end portions C and D of a complementary strip I extend, the middle portion of which is embedded within the heel-piece, as shown. A headed pin J is preferably carried by the heel strip, which when the parts are in place engages with an opening K in the strip H and an aperture K in the boot and serves to hold the heel in position.

In applying the heel-piece to the boot it is bent, with its strip, into the arc of a circle, as indicated'in Fig. 2, and the strip ends inserted within the openings a and b. It is then forced into contact with the boot and is held from displacement by the spring of the metal.

To protect the lower rear edge of the boot, which ordinarily rests upon the shoe, I have provided a protecting-strip therefor, (designated by the reference-letter M.) This strip I have shown in the form of a flange carried by and preferably formed integral with the heel-piece. Thus when worn it may be readily detached from the boot, as described, and

' another substituted.

It will be obvious from the construction of the parts that other means than those shown may be used for detachably connecting the heel to the boot. I therefore do not desire to be limited to the particular mechanism shown and described, although I consider the same preferable in use, as my invention embraces detached when desired.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A horse-boot provided with a pad having a yield-able portion arranged to loosely engage the inner surface of the boot, the outer surface of the boot adjacent the pad being continuous and uninterrupted.

2. A horse-boot provided with a pad of soft cushioning material having a yieldable extension arranged to detachably engagethe inner surface of the boot, the outer surface thereof adjacent the pad being continuous and uninterrupted.

3. The combination with a horse-boot having spaced recesses upon its-inner surface, of a detachable heel-piece therefor, and means for yieldably supporting the heel-piece at its ends in the recesses of the boot.

4. The combination with a horse-boot having spaced recesses upon its inner surface, of a soft cushioning heel piece therefor, and yieldable extensions on the heel-piece adapted to rest'in the recesses of the boot.

5. The combination with a horse-boot, having spaced recesses upon its inner surface, of a heel therefor, an elongated spring member secured to the heel and adapted to rest in the recesses of the boot, and means for retaining the spring member in engagement with the recesses of the boot. v

6. The combination with a horse-boot having spaced recesses upon its inner surface, of a soft cushioning heel-piece therefor, an elongated spring member secured to the heel-piece and adapted to rest in the recesses of the boot, and means for retaining the spring member in engagement with the recesses of the boot.

7. The combination with a horse-boot having slots upon the inner surface thereof and a recess intermediate the slots, of a heel-piece for the boot having resilient extensions at its ends and a lug intermediate the extensions, said extensions and lugs being adapted to engage the slots and recess of the boot, to hold the heel-piece in place.

8. The combination with a horse-boot having slots upon the inner surface thereof and a recess intermediate the slots, of a detachable soft cushioning heel-piece for the boot having resilient'extensions at its ends, and a-lug intermediate the extensions, said extensions and lug adapted to engage the slots and recess in the boot to hold the heel-piece in place. 9. A horse-boot, provided with a slotted strip secured to the inner surface of its lower rear edge, said boot having recesses adjacent the slots in the strip, a heel-piece, and a complementary strip upon the heel-piece, the ends of said complementary strip passing through the openings in the first-mentioned strip and resting in the recesses of the boot, for forming a yieldable support for the pad. 10. In combination with a horse-boot, of a heel therefor, an elongated spring member secured intermediate its ends to the heel, said boot having recesses upon its inner surface arranged to be engaged by the free ends of the spring member to lock the heel in place and provide an automatically-adjustable heelpiece.

11. In combination with a horse-boot, of a heel therefor, an elongated spring member secured intermediate its ends to the heel, and a slotted strip secured to the inner surface of the boot, said boot being recessed adjacent the slots in the strip, and the free ends of the spring member being adapted to pass through the slots in the strip and engage the recesses in the boot to hold the heel in place.

12. The combination with a horse-boot, of

a soft cushioning-heel therefor, an elongated spring member secured intermediate its ends to the heel, and a slotted strip secured to the inner surface of the boot, said boot being recessed adjacent the slots in the strip, the free ends of the spring member being adapted to pass through the slots in the strip and engage the recesses of the boot.'

13. In combination with a horse-boot, of a soft cushioning-heel therefor, an elongated spring member secured intermediate its ends to the heel, and having a lug projecting outwardly from the center thereof, and a slotted strip secured to the boot and having an aperture intermediate its ends, said aperture and slots arranged to be engaged by the lug and free ends of the spring member on the heel, to hold the heel in place.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of 'two witnesses.

JAMES D. KELLER.

Witnesses:

H. G. SMITH, lVLB. ODoGHER'rY.

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